About
Standardisation
We are very active in national, European and international standardisation committees, where we act as a UK delegate, project leader, and chair of both national and international committees.
Our activity across BS, ISO, IEC, CEN, CENELEC and ASTM enables intersciencefire to work with our colleagues world-wide, gives us credibility in the global arena, and keeps us at the forefront of standardisation development.
Within Europe, most national regulations follow European Directives that use European Standard tests, though some national regulations also allow parallel use of national standards. European Standards (EN) for transport, construction and most other applications are produced by CEN, and those for electrotechnical products by CENELEC. Similar standards for each of these sets are developed for wider international use by the International Standards Organisation (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) respectively.
CEN, CENELEC, ISO and IEC committees are composed of experts representing the national standardisation bodies, and the standards they develop and modify are confirmed by ballots of new texts when national standardisation bodies' mirror committees vote. Often the same or similar documents are published as EN, ISO and even national standards, and they are dual numbered EN ISO standards.
intersciencefire's senior staff participate in all national mirror committees and most international and European committees where our test methods are standardised.
Need advice on standards, codes or regulations?
Because we sit on the committees that write these standards, we can advise on the correct national and international routes for your product.